Cyber ​​Swordsman 2121

Chapter 63, Soul

Parting from life and death is the most painful thing in life.

The young man shook his head resolutely, "It's still possible. If you're a cook or something, it's also possible to get into it."

"That's why you're a chef? You want to go to her?"

I suddenly understood, but I also had some doubts, "Then why did you come to me... People in the blessed land don't drink the water of life."

The young man smiled confidently, "I have the best tongue, and I can taste flavors that ordinary people can't taste. When I drank the water of life you made, I knew you were the same as her." People, chefs like you will never be content to make just one eaux-de-vie."

As he spoke, he looked at the kitchen knife on the counter behind me.

Following his gaze, I picked up the knife, stroked it lightly, and then shook my head, "I do know some ancient dishes, but they are just simple home-cooked dishes. There is really nothing worthy of praise. If you want to If you learn any unique skills from me, I'm afraid it's overthinking."

"Besides, even if you really become a top chef, can you enter the blessed land?"

"Although the people in Fudi don't drink federal gasoline, they don't need chefs very much. There are many ways to turn ingredients into delicious food in this world."

"Did you know that chefs were almost eliminated before the eaux-de-vie became popular?"

"You mean a cooking machine?" The young man shook his head and said, "I know about a cooking machine, but the food made by a cooking machine has no soul."

"What is the soul? Is it the pan gas of the coking reaction of the food at a specific temperature, or the 'surprise' that you have to accept because of the quality that is difficult to control by standards."

"That's what happened to the original cooking machine more than 100 years ago."

I looked into his eyes and said ruthlessly, "With the development of industry, these problems have already been solved. Compared with chefs, the dishes made by cooking machines are not only cleaner and more hygienic, but also more delicious. .”

"For example, the Xiaodangjia brand cooking machine developed by United Industries is proficient in Chinese food, French food, Indian food, Japanese food...all cuisines, with more than 10 recipes stored in the database, even if a person eats different dishes every day. Enough to last a lifetime."

"Don't worry about it being unpalatable, each dish is first selected from countless recipes, and then slowly polished by big data, which is absolutely in line with people's sense of taste."

"And you can slowly adjust your private menu according to your personal taste and feedback every time you eat."

"Guaranteed to be a surprise in every bite..."

"Just like the Jenny textile machine compared to the textile industry, the machine has proved itself again. Even if there is no eaux-de-vie to completely reshuffle the food manufacturing industry, chefs will soon be replaced by cooking machines..."

"I know all of this." The young man nodded without changing his expression. "I know the powerful advantages of industrial technology over handicrafts."

"But I know more about human nature. For example, in the clothing manufacturing industry, even if the quality of the industry is better, the selling point of luxury goods will always be handwork."

"The dishes made by the cooking machine are indeed better than everyone, but the 'human' itself has some kind of advantage over the machine, a certain pleasure of slavery and superiority."

"And the cheapness brought by industry has become a kind of disadvantage at this time."

"In this way, this bad taste is rather precious."

"And this is one of the reasons why she was able to go to the core area."

"Human nature..." I couldn't help but sighed.

"But that's true, it's not easy to become a luxury item. There are thousands of troops on a single-plank bridge, and so many chefs don't want to jump into the dragon's gate. Under this kind of extreme involution, you have to be more skilled than others. It's impossible."

"So it's a waste of time for you to come here to learn how to cook. I don't have that high skill."

"If you really want to learn, you might as well be in Da Luotian, where there are countless avatars of top chefs of the era, all the recipes, you can learn anything you want, and there are free ingredients to practice, so you don't have to worry that a smart woman can't cook without rice. "

The young man shook his head, "No, the key to entering the core area is not cooking skills. Who can be better than cooking machines?"

"What's really important is the 'soul' that I just mentioned can't be produced by a cooking machine. This is the root of being able to far surpass others."

"Soul?" I frowned puzzled.

"It's a kind of thing that really loves food and is made with heart, even if it is simple, it is full of special 'taste'."

"It may be a bit mysterious, but this kind of indescribable thing does exist."

The young man explained: "I am very sensitive to all kinds of tastes, and I can easily taste the small differences in food. When I am with her, I can taste a special feeling that is unforgettable when I eat her food. It’s something you can’t feel anywhere.”

"At first, I thought it was because my feelings for people extended to food, so I didn't care."

"After she went to the core area, I tried my best to hone my cooking skills and wanted to find her."

"As you said, I have been studying day and night in Daluotian. Because of my talent in taste, cooking is not difficult for me, and I will achieve something soon."

"I'm sure that my level in the ancient kitchen far surpasses her at that time, but I have interviewed countless times, but I can't be selected."

"Just when I was disheartened, I suddenly drank the water of life you concocted..."

"On the cheapest thing, I once again tasted the taste I tasted in her food, which made me understand that the taste was not my mental illusion, but a real existence Yes, and also let me know why she was selected to enter the core area."

"Is this why you came to me?" I asked the young man, "Then have you learned the taste you are looking for now?"

The young man shook his head, "Since I have been studying here with you, I have never let up for a moment. I have firmly remembered every movement and every step of your cooking."

"But no matter how standard I reproduce it, even if I secretly use instruments to help, there is still no way to show that taste."

"If it weren't for being able to drink it in the food you made, I even thought I was hallucinating."

"I really want to ask you, what is the secret of your cooking? How do you make that taste."

"The secret of cooking?" I frowned, "I have no reservations about your teaching, you have completely learned my cooking skills, even better than mine, that's why I say you The reason for being a teacher."

"If you want to say why my dishes have the special taste you mentioned, it's probably because of your heart."

"Attentive?"

"Yes, work hard, this is probably the only secret of my perseverance..." As I said that, I looked at the kitchen knife in my hand, and my thoughts couldn't help but wander...

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(End of this chapter)